Improvement in balotg-pbesses



' gt iil 'mink "ADmsoN' Pj. y connu, `or GREENs'soRoUeH, NORTH CAROLINA.

Leners Param No. 90,152, dated Mayls, 1869. y

" `IMPnovas/mw'1' 1N BALINGi-anssns.

The Schedule referred to in theeel-etter Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all adhomt concern l Be it known that I, ADDISON-P. BOREN, of GreensboroughGuilford county, in the State of North Oarolina, have invented certain newjand useful Improvel "ments in` aling-lresses; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and exact descriptiony thereof',

reference being had totheaccompanying drawings,

forming part of this specification. Y The nature or essence of my invention consists in l fproviding, for vpresses used for baling hay,`cotton, or

other material, temporary bands-or clamps, to be placed l in the press, and so `applied as to clamp and hold the f compressed baleuntil itis removed from the press and secured fby its permanent bands,i`groov^es being Tprovided in the `sides ofthe press and inthe-follower, and spaces in the end, to receive the parts of the clamps, as will be hereinafter `fully set forth. I

` In the drawingsbefore mentionedyFigurel is a plan, and

Figure 2, an elevation of one of `my presses. `'Figure 3 shows one of the yokes belonging to the Figure4, a clamp, with a yoke upon it.

In these drawingsf v A is a strong frame, to which plank or other material is applied, to form a suitable box for the body of the press; c

B is a `hinged cover, turned back, for the purpose of filling the press; and i C, is a hinged end, represented'as ,turned down, in order to show more v'clearly its construction.

l The follower Dfis operated by the rack-bar E, worked by the pinion F, which may be turned by a lever, G, made long enough to permit the horse operating it to pass entirely around the press;

The clamps .H are formed each of three bars, Aconn neeted`at their ends by joints or hinges, and have each a yoke, 1, provided with openings, to receive theendbars of the clamps, which `have o n them springcatches J, to secure the yoke,when the bars have entered far enough to `allow the catches to act.

The bottom of the press, thefcover, and the follower,

are each provided with grooves orrecesses a a, tore-I,

ceive-the bars of the.' clamps H, and they ymay be formed as depressions in the surface, or by fastening rstrips upon the surface, as may be preferred; and the end, O, is provided with spaces b b,t o receive the yokesl I, and has also cross-.pieces c c, on the lower one, on

which the projections d ,on 'the yokes, rest, and supyport the' yokes, until theyreceive the"bars of the clamps i Operation. p The fllower being drawn back, and the topopened to receive the material for a bale, the end,"0, is put up, and the yokes I placed in the spaces provided for them, as already described.

One end-bar of each of the clamps His then laid in the grooves in the bottom of the press, so that the Vmiddle bars will stand in the grooves on the follower,

and the other end-bars being turned back over the follower-,so as to be out of the way, the press is lled.

Strips, as required, may be laid horizontally across the yokes I, and the clamp-bars against the follower,

while the press is illin'g, to hold the better those edgesv the follower being driven forward till they have passed .l

through far enough for the catches J to act, the bale is then securely held bythe clamps.`

The end, C, may then be dropped, and the follower advanced again to pushthe bale out.

i The cover is then thrown back, the follower returned to Aits former place, and another set of clamps and yokes `being put in place, as before, a new bale is Y formed, while the handsdesignated for that 'part of the work Vare securing the rst bale with proper bands,

Vso as to release the clamps psed on it for another operation. l

In place of the spring-catches, described as holding the yoke on the clamp,.I contemplate .using a springbolt, attached to the yoke, andadapted to tit a hole or notch in the clamp; also, making a notch on one or` both sides of the clamp, and providing a link, with a taper slot, widey enough at one'end to be slipped over the end of the clamp, andnarrow enough at the other A to be held bythe notch or notches aforesaid, when the `narrow part of the slot is brought down upon the clamp.

. lWhat I claim as my invention and improvement in baling-presses, is-

l. The clamps H,having vtheir parts hinged -together, in combination with the yokes I, when arranged so as to be placed in the press-before filling, and so asl `to clamp and secure the bale automatically the instant the compression is eiected, substantially as described. 2, In combination with clamps and yokes, arranged as above claimed, the grooves or guides a, whereby the clamps are guided into kthe yokes while the bale is being compressed, substantially as described.

ADDISON P. BOREN.V Y Witnesses:

' W. B. Farinelli, Y,

J. A. Pnircnn'r'r, J r. 

